MCDONALDS CORP — Capital/Financing Update 2017

Mar 9, 2017

8-K 1 a17-7887_18k.htm 8-K

*UNITED STATES*

*SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION*

*WASHINGTON, DC 20549*

*FORM 8-K*

*CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934*

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): March 9, 2017

*McDONALD’S CORPORATION*

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

Delaware	1-5231	36-2361282
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

*One McDonald’s Plaza Oak Brook, Illinois*

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

*60523*

(Zip Code)

*(630) 623-3000*

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

*Not Applicable*

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions ( see General Instruction A.2. below):

o Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

o Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

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*Item 8.01. Other Events.*

On March 9, 2017, McDonald’s Corporation (the “Company”) issued an aggregate principal amount of U.S.$2,000,000,000 of the Company’s medium-term notes, pursuant to the Company’s existing medium-term notes program, as set forth in the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-205731), filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and effective on July 17, 2015, and the related Prospectus and Prospectus Supplement, each dated July 17, 2015.

The Company issued the following tranches of its medium-term notes:

· U.S.$600,000,000 of 2.625% Medium-Term Notes Due 2022, as described in Pricing Supplement No. 6, dated March 6, 2017;

· U.S.$850,000,000 of 3.500% Medium-Term Notes Due 2027, as described in Pricing Supplement No. 7, dated March 6, 2017;

· U.S.$550,000,000 of 4.450% Medium-Term Notes Due 2047, as described in Pricing Supplement No. 8, dated March 6, 2017;

A copy of the legal opinion of the Corporate Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of the Company relating to the issuance of an aggregate principal amount of U.S.$2,000,000,000 of the Company’s medium-term notes, as described herein, is filed as Exhibit 5 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

*Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.*

(d) Exhibits.

Exhibit No.	Description
5	Legal Opinion of Jerome N. Krulewitch, Corporate Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of McDonald’s Corporation.
23	Consent of Jerome N. Krulewitch, Corporate Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of McDonald’s Corporation (included in the opinion filed as Exhibit 5 hereto).

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*SIGNATURES*

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

	McDONALD’S CORPORATION
	(Registrant)
Date: March 9, 2017	By:	/s/ Denise A. Horne
		Denise A. Horne
		Corporate Vice President—Associate General Counsel
		and Assistant Secretary

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Exhibit Index

Exhibit No.	Description
5	Legal Opinion of Jerome N. Krulewitch, Corporate Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of McDonald’s Corporation.
23	Consent of Jerome N. Krulewitch, Corporate Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of McDonald’s Corporation (included in the opinion filed as Exhibit 5 hereto).

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